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I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a s

I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a skyscraper made of wood. – Norman Mailer

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Psychoanalysis and Zen, in my private psychic geometry, are equal to nicotine. They are anti-existential. Nicotine quarantines one out of existence. – Norman Mailer

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Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body – it just wears it out. – Norman Mailer

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Every word born of an inner necessity — writing must never be anything else. – Etty Hillesum, quoted in Ten Fun Things to Do Before You Die by Karol Jackowski

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There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft. – Jessamyn West, Saturday Review, 1957 September 21st

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Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. – Franz Kafka

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A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades, 1947

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I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the 60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories. – Connie Stevens

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No one is listening until you make a mistake. – Anon.

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In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. – Margaret Laurence

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It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand ones dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical. – Clive Barker

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